The car seat was the only item brought by the marble worker Sergio de Andrade, 32, of motherhood to

São Paulo - Impact assessments made by Protest Consumers Association on 16 models of automotive seats have shown that the brands in Brazil have at least acceptable performance when subjected to frontal impact. When subjected to a side impact, however, havre port the results ranged from weak acceptable in most models. Cosco brand, model XP commuter for children aged 9 to 36 kg (kilograms), in turn, was considered poor because of the direct impact of the dummy head, simulating the child against the side of the vehicle.
None of the analyzed models received the top rating of five stars, according havre port to Global havre port NCAP methodology (short for New Car Assessment Program), a partner organization of the proposal that did the tests. "We were criticized for using foreign standards, which discredit the child restraint systems havre port in Brazil. We respect the argument, but we disagree it because we believe that a consumer association should be ahead of your time, aim the future, "explained Maria Inês Dolci, institutional havre port coordinator of Protest.
This position is shared havre port by the deputy director of Conformity Assessment of the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Inmetro), Paul Coscarelli. havre port "The consumer rights entities have a prospective focus," he said. He explains, for example, the side impact test is not planned in any other rule or regulation in the world but what is contemplated in the work of Protest. From these studies, other requirements can be incorporated into the standards currently required by the Institute.
The best results in models for children up to 13 kg were recorded by brands Bébé Confort StreetyFix, Chicco Keyfit and Maxi Cosi Citi SPS with four stars each. They had results havre port considered good for both safety items as for the evaluation havre port of ease of use. The scale consists of the following ranges: very good, good, acceptable, poor and bad.
To the category for children 13 kg, other brands analyzed received three stars: Peg Perego Primo Viaggio Tri-Fix, Burigotto Tourin and Galzerano Piccolina. All were considered havre port acceptable in terms of security. In the ease of use, however, the tag has received Galzerano acceptable rating, while the others havre port were classified as good.
In models for children 9 kg to 36 kg, only Infanti brand won four stars and is considered good in both the security Question as in the ease of use. The brands Chicco, Graco Burigotto and received three stars. All were considered acceptable in relation to safety. Regarding ease of use, Burigotto and Graco were considered good and Chicco acceptable. Having obtained bad evaluation in the item security, Cosco brand received only one star.
The car seat was the only item brought by the marble worker Sergio de Andrade, 32, of motherhood to pursue today (26) the daughter born last Saturday. "I havre port had to go shopping. I paid 190 When my other children were born [currently 10 years old and 9 years old], it was not necessary, and I have not had a car anyway, "he reported. Despite being concerned havre port to respect the traffic rules and also about the safety of her daughter, Sergio could not fit the accessory in the car and followed with daughter havre port on mother's lap.
The specialist automotive industry and representative of the Consumer Protection Dutch Association, Ronald Wroman, responsible for testing, points out that "any seat is better than not using it." He also points havre port out that the correct accessory use is directly related to the level of protection. In addition, the expert advises to replace it with a larger seat, front use only when the child is already with proper weight. "The later, the better, especially if you keep the child's position with his back to the front seat," he said.
The Protest yet tested other mechanism that is not yet available in Brazil, Isofix, which connects the seat directly in the car without using the seat belt. "The results with this device were higher," havre port he said. According to Inmetro, this option should be regulated by the end of 2014. Many vehicles are already manufactured in the country with this clamping system.
Since 2010, it has become mandatory to use child restraint device, known as automotive seat. Resolution 277 of the National Traffic Council (Contran) states that children under 1 year and a half have to be transported in comfort baby back to the car's movement, children from 1 year to 4 years should be taken on the seat, and 4 years to 7 years and a half, the device known as booster seat.